Americans have been "winning" on trade, in that we get real goods and all our trading partners get are paper dollars. This free ride on the global gravy train was bound to end eventually, but Trump's #TradeWar risks accelerating the day of reckoning!
— Peter Schiff (@PeterSchiff) March 2, 2018
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